I remember when people first started talking about HDTV, the be-all, end-all statement of acceptance was that analog TV was going to drop completely out of the atmosphere by a specific date, proposed by the FCC. Well, it's been a few years now, & that date has been continually pushed back, but it sounds like we might see a final vote sometime by the end of 2008. Mark over at Designtechnica gives us his thoughts on the subject.

"Because the planned analog-spectrum auction would bring in big bucks, the analog cutoff is moving through Congress as part of the budget package. The Senate recently voted 52-47 to approve legislation that would set a deadline of April 7, 2009 for the final transition from analog to digital TV broadcasting."